THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAI I MEES SOLAR OBSERVATORY (MSO) CCD IMAGING SPECTROGRAPH [MCCD; 35] CREATED A UNIQUE DATABASE OF SOLAR ACTIVE REGION HA IMAGING SPECTROSCOPY SPANNING 1989 2007. IN 2016 NWRA WON A NASA/HDEE GRANT1 TO RESCUE THESE DATA FROM INACCESSIBLE STORAGE AND PROVIDE THEM TO THE COMMUNITY. THE EFFORT HAS PROVEN PRODUCTIVE SCIENTISTS ARE NOW EXCITED TO USE THE DATA AND THUS WE REQUEST FUNDING TO FINISH THE DATA RESCUE AND PROCESS THE DATA TO A RESEARCH-READY LEVEL. THE MCCD DATA HAVE COME TO THE ATTENTION OF RESEARCH GROUPS INVESTIGATING PRE-FLARE SIGNATURES FLARE CHROMOSPHERE PHYSICS AND ACTIVE REGION EVOLUTION. ACHIEVING UNFETTERED ACCESS TO THE MCCD DATA IN ORDER TO FACILITATE INVESTIGATIONS INTO THESE TOPICS ADDRESSES SCIENCE GOALS FROM THE HELIOPHYSICS DIVISION ROADMAP AND THE DECADAL SURVEY. THE MCCD WAS INSTALLED AND TESTED WITH FUNDING FROM NASA GRANT NAGW 1542; ITS DAILY FLARE-MODE OPERATION AS PART OF YOHKOH GROUND-BASED SUPPORT WAS FUNDED BY LOCKHEED UNDER NASA CONTRACT NAS8-37334 WITH MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER AND YOHKOH CONTRACT NAS8-40801 AND ANALYSIS DURING ITS OPERATION WAS PERFORMED WITH FUNDING FROM VARIOUS NASA SR&T GRANTS ALTHOUGH GENERALLY LIMITED TO RESEARCHERS WITH ACCESS TO THE DATA TAPES. IN SHORT THE DATABASE OF FLARE-MODE OBSERVATIONS EXTENDING MORE THAN 15 YEARS TRULY COMPRISED A NASA-FUNDED MISSION . THE MCCD SYSTEM CENTERED ON A 3.0M COUD E SPECTROGRAPH FED BY A 25CM REFRACTING CORONALQUALITY TELESCOPE THAT WAS MOUNTED ON A SOLAR-TRACKING SPAR. IN THE DEFAULT FLARE-MODE OPERATION THE SYSTEM WAS OPTIMIZED FOR SPEED AND BROAD SPECTRAL COVERAGE OF THE PHOTOSPHERE AND CHROMOSPHERE: HA 10 A SPECTRA WERE OBTAINED AT 0.37 A SAMPLING WITH A SCANNING SLIT SUCH THAT AN 220 220 FIELD-OF-VIEW WITH 2.4 PIXELS COULD BE SCANNED EVERY 15S (SEE QUICK-LOOK IMAGE FIGURE 1). THE DETAILS OF CADENCE AND COVERAGE WERE GOVERNED BY THE SIZE OF THE ACTIVE REGION AND THUS THE NUMBER (TO BUILD THE X-DIRECTION) OF SLIT-POSITIONS ([L Y]) FOR EACH SCAN. TO ENSURE FAST CADENCE THE FLARE-MODE PERFORMED ON-CHIP BINNING IN BOTH THE SPATIAL AND SPECTRAL DIMENSION REDUCING THE RESOLUTION OVER THE NATIVE INSTRUMENT CAPABILITY BUT ALLOWING FOR GOOD COVERAGE OF DYNAMIC EVENTS. OTHER PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR-LED OBSERVING PROGRAMS TARGETED (E.G.) QUIESCENT FILAMENTS ACTIVE REGION EVOLUTION HELIOSEISMOLOGY CORONAL IMAGING SPECTROSCOPY AND WOULD USE DIFFERENT SET-UPS INCLUDING LINES AT DIFFERENT SPECTRAL REGIONS BINNING CADENCE EXPOSURE ETC.; THIS INFORMATION IS RECORDED IN THE FITS HEADERS. THE SYSTEM INCLUDED A QUAD-CELL IMAGE-STABILIZER WHICH COMPENSATED FOR BULK ATMOSPHERE-CAUSED IMAGE TRANSLATION AND A SLIT-JAW IMAGER WHICH ACQUIRED SIMULTANEOUS DIGITAL IMAGES OF THE FULL FIELD OF VIEW THROUGH A 1 AHA FILTER. ALL MCCD DATA WERE WRITTEN DIRECTLY TO MAGNETIC EXABYTE -STYLE TAPE WITH RUDIMENTARY FITS-STYLE HEADERS WHICH NOMINALLY CONTAIN POINTING COORDINATES AND SOME OPERATIONAL SPECIFICS. THE MCCD WAS ONE OF A SUITE OF INSTRUMENTS AT MEES SOLAR OBSERVATORY WHICH WERE RUN (FOR THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE TIME) IN A DAILY FLARE-WATCH MODE TYPICALLY TARGETING THE MOST ACTIVE OR FLARE-PRODUCTIVE ACTIVE REGION ON ANY GIVEN DAY (OFTEN COORDINATING WITH THE MAXMILLENIUM TARGET SELECTION [4]). CRUCIAL PRE-EVENT DATA ARE THUS GENERALLY AVAILABLE (FOR WHATEVER APPROPRIATE EVENT MAY BE THE TARGET) AS ARE THE DECAY PHASES. THESE DATA PROVIDE A WEALTH OF PHYSICAL INFORMATION DUE TO THE HIGH CADENCE FULL SPECTRAL-LINE SAMPLING AND DAILY ACQUISITION. THEY REPRESENT A UNIQUE LONG-RUNNING DATASET UNMATCHED BY ANY FORMER OR PRESENTLY-OPERATING FACILITY.